Archive and AI - Belfast Media Festival

Archive and AI

TIME & LOCATION

Thursday 13 November, 10:00 am

End Time: 11:00 am

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About

How AI is Shaping the Stories We Tell

Artificial intelligence can help reshape how we record, curate and share stories, opening new creative possibilities but also raising important questions about ethics, authorship and trust. This session will explore the evolving role of AI in relation to moving image archives and collections management. What could AI mean for storytellers, programme makers and the wider production sector? Drawing on Story Dreamer, a project from Hamilton Robson, Nerve Centre and 1 Up Studios being developed through Belfast City Council’s Augment the City programme, we’ll look at how technology can enhance the storytelling and curation experience while preserving the human voice at its heart.

Chair

Brónagh McAtasney

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Panel

Brónagh McAtasney

Public Engagement Manager for Heritage & Education, Northern Ireland Screen.

Brónagh McAtasney is Public Engagement Manager for Heritage & Education at Northern Ireland Screen. She is a Public Historian with a focus on unheard voice and women’s stories. Her work includes travelling all over Northern Ireland, talking about and showing films from the Digital Film Archive. This extends to involvement in participatory community filmmaking and community digital preservation.

Francis Jones

Head of Heritage and Archive, Northern Ireland Screen

Francis Jones is Head of Heritage and Archive at Northern Ireland Screen, leading work on access, preservation, and public engagement. With over 20 years’ experience in broadcast and moving image archives, he is interested in how technology is transforming the ways we manage, interpret, and connect with archival content. Francis also serves as a Director of Film Archives UK and is a member of the BFI’s Nations and Regions working group, and Belfast Stories Screen Reference Group.

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Niall Kerr

Heritage and Community Relations, Nerve Centre

Niall is Head of Heritage and Community Relations at Nerve Centre, Northern Ireland’s leading creative arts organisation, which works across creative learning, music, culture and film. An experienced creative, Niall is responsible for delivering a range of innovative engagement, digital creativity and arts projects, partnering with cultural and heritage bodies across the UK, Ireland and beyond.

Luke McNeice

Head of Engineering, Hamilton Robson

Luke is a technical leader with over 15 years experience working with a broad range of digital, electronic and mechanical technologies for enterprise and creative solutions including mobile, cloud, robotics, theme park and AI technologies. Luke is Head of Engineering at Hamilton Robson, where he leads design and engineering teams to deliver digital and hardware solutions for global customers.